Shirt embodying a detachable collar construction



1951 E. SACCHITELLA 2,569,693

SHIRT EMBODYING A DETACHABLE COLLAR CONSTRUCTION INVENTOR. [aw/Vazawzzuz Filed Aug. 17, 1950 Patented Oct. 2, 1 951 SHIRTEMBODYING ADETACHABLE COLLAR CONSTRUCTION Eugene Sacchitella, New York, N. Y.

Application August 17, 1950, Serial No. 179,946

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to shirts having detachable collars.

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a shirtprovided with a detachable collar and embodying cooperating fasteningmeans on the neck band of the shirt and the collar and which fasteningmeans are so disposed that same are Wholly concealed between the neckband and the outer flap portion of the collar, and wherein the neck bandprojects above the fastening means for protecting the neck of a wearer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a constructionwhereby collars of different colors may be interchangeably connected toshirts and by the provision of slide fastener connecting means eliminatethe possibility of shrinkage of the shirt and to thereby insure a goodfit.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a garment withdetachable collars which is of simple construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, has a minimum number of parts or pieces, of pleasingappearance, adequate protection for the skin of the wearer, requires noadditional protecting covers and efiicient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is aperspective view of the garment with one of the cuffs and the collarpartly detached.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one style of collar.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another style of collar.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of one style of cuff flattened and removedfrom the garment, this cuff being connected by the use of a button andbutton hole.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another style of cuif where there is providedtwo button holes into which a cuif link can extend.

Referring now to the figures, Ill represents a shirt having sleeves IIand 12. The shirt also has a neck band I3. The front of the shirt isconnected together in the usual manner by buttons I4 extending upwardlyover the front of the shirt. According to the present invention, afastener element is located on the upstanding neck band l3 removed fromthe upper edge thereof so that there is no possibility of the fastenerteeth engaging the neck of the wearer of the shirt. By so locating theslide fastener strip IS on the exterior of the neck band l3, aconnection of a collar IS with its slide fastener I! on the innerportion of the collar 16 can be effected readily with the slide l8.Automatically, protection is given without the need of separateprotecting layers which might have to be extended over the teeth. Sincethe teeth 15 are below the upper edge of the neck band 13 they are onthe exterior and removed from contact with the neck of the wearer. Theneck band I3 will be elevated onto the inner side of the collar and willautomatically protect the neck of the wearer from the slide fastenerelements. The collar 18 can have any styling with long points Is and 2B.The collar is secured together by a button 2| which enters button hole22 of the opposite end of the collar. The lower edge of the inner bandportion of the collar has the slide fastener teeth l1.

By an easy movement of the slide l8, the collar can be removed andreplaced by a collar such as shown in Fig. 3 of a different style, butwhich is constructed generally the same. The style is different byvirtue of the points 23 and 24 which are blunt.

On each of the sleeves II and l2 a slide fastener element 25 is disposedslightly above the bottom edge 26 of the sleeve. A cuff 28 has a slidefastener element 29 on its upper edge and can be connected by a slidefastener 25. The portion of the sleeve which extends below the fastenerwill give protection to the skin of the wearer. The end 28 is of a typeas shown in Fig. 4 which has a button 3|] and a button hole 3|. Ifdesired, a cuff 32, as shown in Fig. 5, where there are two button holes33 and a cuff link can be used with the same. This cuff 32 also has aslide fastener element 29.

It will be apparent that there has been provided a simple arrangementwhere by elevating the slide fastener element from the edge of the cuffof a sleeve, protection is given by the sleeve from the wearer of thefastener elements upon the skin of the wearer. By locating the fastenerl5 downwardly of the upper edge of the neck band [3, the fastenerelement will lie below the upper edge of the neck band I3 in such amanner as to automatically give protection to the neck of the wearer.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what iclaimed is:

A shirt comprising a. body portion and a single neck band secured to thebody portion and extending about a neck opening therein, a slidefastener element secured about the outside of the neck band below theupper edge thereof, a. collar having an inner band portion and" an outerflap portion'and a slide fastener element connected to the lower edge ofthe band portion and engageable with the slide fastener element on theneck band, said slide fastener elements 1ying on the exterior of theneck band and being protected thereby against engagement with the neckof the wearer, and said slide fastener elements being concealed by theouter flap portion of the collar only.

EUGENE SACCHITELLA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,326,514 Ladd Dec. 30, 19191,413,897 Caleo Apr. 25, 1922 2,006,103 Karelitz June 25, 1935 152,266,910 Rosenfeld Dec. 23, 1941

